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Alexander: Prisoners Must Be Counted When Looking at U.S. Segregation

February 20, 2012 | Categories: About FHC, News | Tags: Alexander, criminal background, equality, fair housing center of southeastern michigan, race, segregation

Michelle Alexander, author of the The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness [this month’s FHC book group choice], recently wrote a piece on Time.com titled “The Myth of Desegregation: A recent study claims segregation has hit the lowest point in a century. Here’s why it’s premature to celebrate”. Alexander argues that the […]

HUD Housing Programs Require A New -More Inclusive- Definition of Family

February 6, 2012 | Categories: About FHC, Press Release | Tags: Fair Housing Center of Metropolitan Detroit, fair housing center of southeastern michigan, Fair Housing Center of Southwest Michigan, Fair Housing Center of West Michigan, family, gender identity, household, HUD, LGBT, sexual orientation

A new rule (discussed here a little over a year ago) regarding the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s (HUD) core housing programs [rental assistance and home ownership programs, which include HUD’s Federal Housing Administration (FHA) mortgage insurance programs, community development programs, and public and assisted housing programs] is set to be published this week. The rule, which will go […]

Fair Housing Center Seeks Assistant Coordinator of Investigations

December 5, 2011 | Categories: About FHC, News | Tags: employment, fair housing center of southeastern michigan

The Fair Housing Center of Southeastern Michigan is hiring a full time position located in Ann Arbor, Michigan. A full job description is available at fhcmichigan.org/employment.

FHC Coordinator of Investigations Interviewed on WHMI, 93.5

November 3, 2011 | Categories: About FHC, Media, News | Tags: fair housing center of southeastern michigan, FHC, housing advocates training, Legal Services of South Central Michigan, Livingston Diversity Council, LSSCM, Michigan Poverty Law Program, MPLP

Coordinator of Investigations, Kristen Cuhran, was interviewed by WHMI 93.5 on 11/1/2011 about Housing Advocates Training. The synopsis of the radio interview is also below:

FHC Southeast Awarded $275,765.00 to Enforce Fair Housing Act

October 6, 2011 | Categories: About FHC, Media, News | Tags: fair housing center of southeastern michigan, US Department of Housing and Urban Development

The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development announced today that the Fair Housing Center of Southeastern Michigan (FHC) was one of 84 fair housing centers or nonprofits throughout the country to receive a funding award. The awards are funded through HUD’s Fair Housing Initiatives Program (FHIP) and will be used to investigate allegations of housing discrimination, and […]

FHC Newsletter Just Released!

September 21, 2011 | Categories: About FHC, Publications | Tags: fair housing center of southeastern michigan, newsletter

The Fair Housing Center’s September 2011 newsletter is out! What’s Inside? Michigan’s same-sex study gets National attention, page 4 Child with a disability receives a safe place to play, page 1 February 17, 2012 FHC turns TWENTY!, page 1 Illegal “one-child” policy stopped, page 2 Print copies will be arriving in the mail in the […]

HUD Proposes New Rules for LGBT Equality in Housing; Mentions Arcus Report

January 25, 2011 | Categories: News | Tags: civil rights, fair housing, fair housing center of southeastern michigan, gender, HUD, LGBT, Michigan Department of Civil Rights, Michigan fair housing centers, sex, sexual orientation, US Department of Housing and Urban Development

The United States Department of Housing and Urban Development recently announced new proposed rules to ensure that HUD programs are available to all individuals, regardless of sexual orientation or gender identity. The full proposed rule is available here. Comments are due by March 25, 2011. In citing their reasoning for the proposed rules, HUD describes […]

HUD Proposes New Regulations To Ensure Equality for LGBT Individuals in Housing

January 25, 2011 | Categories: About FHC, Press Release | Tags: fair housing center of southeastern michigan, gender identity, HUD, LGBT, Michigan fair housing centers, sexual orientation, US Department of Housing and Urban Development

Fair Housing Center of Southeastern Michigan P.O. Box 7825 Ann Arbor, Michigan 48107 Phone: (734) 994-3426 Fax: (734) 994-4913 For Immediate Release, 1/25/2011 Contact: Pam Kisch, Executive Director, (734)994‐3426, pkisch@fhcmichigan.org HUD Proposes New Regulations To Ensure Equality for LGBT Individuals in Housing; Work of Local Organization Cited The United States Department of Housing and Urban Development […]

Author Suggests Amending Elliot-Larsen Might Lead to Change

February 25, 2010 | Categories: News | Tags: Arcus, fair housing center of southeastern michigan, Kristen Cuhran, Michigan Elliott-Larsen Civil Rights Act, Michigan fair housing centers, sexual orientation

Pamela Davies offers insights on the Fair Housing changes proposed for Sexual Orientation Discrimination in Michigan Policy Network news. The Michigan Fair Housing Center’s Sexual Orientation and Housing Discrimination in Michigan report is mentioned, and FHC staff Kristen Cuhran is interviewed for the news piece. You can also read the story as a PDF on our website.

Ann Arbor Race Discrimination Case

May 10, 2007 | Categories: Press Release | Tags: Ann Arbor, color, fair housing center of southeastern michigan, race, Town and Country

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 10, 2007 For more information contact: Pamela A. Kisch, Fair Housing Center of Washtenaw County (734)994-3426 and/or Steve Tomkowiak, (248) 543-1600 Ann Arbor Race Discrimination Case: Ann Arbor Apartment Complex Has Now Been Sued Twice The Fair Housing Center of Southeastern Michigan has filed suit against Town and Country Apartments in Ann […]